Introducing the Support for Independent Retail Campaign

The Support for Independent Retail campaign is a year-round source of support, advice, ideas and inspiration for independent retailers across the UK. It's aim is to help independent retailers and those who serve consumers to get and stay open for business!.

Founded by Retail Expert, Clare Rayner, the campaign aims to help independent retailers and consumer-facing small businesses to get and stay open for business. We receive no government funding and, until 2015, relied solely on sponsorship and goodwill.

Local authorities, councils, town teams, BIDs and committed groups of retailers are invited to buy the rights to a 'Support for Independent Retail campaign licence', granting them exclusive access to event resources and support from our team and enabling them to create, manage and succeed with our three annual events.

Pledge Your Support for Independent Retail

The CLES (Centre for Local Economic Strategies) conducted some research for FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) about the value of £1.00 spent locally - the results were compelling, sufficient to convince most people that when they shop locally, they are genuinely having a positive impact on their community!

They discovered that for every £1.00 spent locally, around 50p-70p of that money recirculates back into the local economy. For the same £1.00 spent out of town or online, only 5p trickles back to the local community.

If small business owners set an example by shopping for their supplies locally, their customers are bound to recognise their actions and follow suit. When people realise and appreciate the impact that their choice of where to spend can have, we believe that consumers will make more effort to spend with local independent businesses.

Show Your Support For Independent Retail

To show your backing for the Support for Independent Retail Campaign, why not add this 'I love Indie Shops' Twibbon to your social media avatars? It's really simple - just click on the image to the left and let your followers see your support!

Add Independent Retail To Your Website/Blog

Using the HTML code from the boxes below, you can embed the Independent Retail badge on to your website.

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Independent Retail News

For news, updates, hints, tips and ideas, you can follow us on Twitter, @IndieRetailUK, or keep track by following hashtag #IndieRetail for general content, and #IndieEaster / #IndieMonth / #IndieXmas specifically for our campaign activities. You may also want to 'like' us on facebook - Facebook.com/IndependentRetail

Newsletter Sign Up

For all those who want to keep up to date with the latest news and announcements, hints and ideas, register for our newsletter.

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Independent Shops Directory

For both business owners and consumers, shopping with your local independent retailers puts more money back into your community.

The Independent Shops Directory is a searchable list of UK-based independent retailers and consumer-facing brands. Both physical stores and those that only trade online can add themselves.

Consumers can search by town, county or postcode to find their local independent shops in order to help them make the decision to shop locally.